Improvement in covered buckets



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'Improvement in Cove-red Buckets.

No. 121,288. PatentedrNov. 28,1871'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. FRANCIS D. KELLOGG AND GEORGE N. IVES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COVERED BUCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 121,288, datedNovember 28, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANcrs D. KELLOGG and GrJJORGrEl N. IVES, of NewHaven, in. the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Improvement in Covered Bucket; and we do hereby declarethe following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingand the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes partof this specication, and represents, in-

Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, the same turned one-fourth around; Fig.3, a top view; and in Fig. 4, a section in line a: x of Fig. 3.

This invention relates to an. improvement in buckets such as arecommonly used for transporting oysters, commonly termed oyster-tubs,

but applicable `to other purposes, the object of the invention being tosecure the cover and render it air-tight; and it consists, first, in thearrangement of an India-rubber band at the top of the bucket, betweenthe hoop and the bucket, at the upper edge, and projecting slightlyabove, so that the said rubber forms a packing between the cover and thebucket. Second, in the arrangement of a bar across the ytop of thecover, constructed with cams upon its ends which engage with the earsupon the bucket, so that when turned in one direction the cams pressonto the bucket, and in the opposite direction free the cover so that itmay be removed.

A is the bucket, of any known construction, provided with a hoop, B, atthe top. Between the hoop and surface of the bucket a channel is formedby cutting a rabbet into the wood. Onto this rabbet a band of Indiarubber, a, or similar material, is arranged before placing the hoopthereon; then the hoop placed over the packing onto the bucket securesthe packing in place, leaving it projecting slightly above the upperedge of the bucket, as seen in Fig. 4. C is the cover, constructed toset onto the packing, as seen in the several figures. Centrally acrossthis cover is arranged a shaft, D, one end of which passes through a Xedear, E, on the bucket, and the other through a hinged ear, F, on theopposite side, and at the points of the shaft where it comes in contactwith these ears it is made of cam shape, as seen in Fig. 4, there-represented as bearing in the ears E F to force the cover hard downupon the packing. From the shaft D an arm, H, extends out over a staple,I, by the insertion of a lock, into which the cover is secured.

To release the cover, turn the arm H over to the opposite side, asdenoted in broken lines, Figs. 2 and 3, which inverts the shaft so thatthe hinged ear F may be turned down therefrom, freeing the cover so thatit may be removed.

, By this construction the cover is not only pressed hard down upon thepacking, but secured in position.

To the shaft, or at other convenient point, a handle, L, is arranged forconvenience of moving the bucket.

We claim as our invention- 1. The packing a of India rubber or othermaterial arranged in a rabbet around the upper edge of the bucket, uponthe outer surface, and secured in place by the hoop B, substantially asand for the purpose described.

2. The shaft D, constructed with cams at its ends and arranged acrossthe top of the bucket, combined with ears E F fixed to the bucket, andoperating inv the manner substantially as described.

F. D. KELLOGG. GEORGE N. IVES. Witnesses:

A. J.T1BB1TS, J. H. SHUMWAY.

